Recent formation and likely cometary activity of near-Earth asteroid pair 2019 PR2 -- 2019 QR6

03. 11 2022

NEO

A Deep and Wide Twilight Survey for Asteroids Interior to Earth and Venus

21. 08 2022

Lucy

A small moon discovered orbiting one of the Lucy mission targets

Astronomers discovered a small moon in orbit of Polymele asteroid, one of the targets of the space probe Lucy. The spacecraft is set to fly through the system in 5 years.

25. 05 2022

NEO

Two-kilometers wide asteroid will fly by Earth on friday

(7335) 1989 JA is the biggest asteroid that will visit Earth’s vicinity this year. It will pass Earth safely on Friday. In the closest point it will still be 10 times further than the Moon. The asteroid is estimated to be 1,8 km across (1,1 miles).

14. 04 2022

Oort cloud

Massive comet from the edge of solar system is showing the first signs of activity

Unusually big comet C/2014 UN271 (also called Bernardinelli-Bernstein) is coming to the inner solar system from the Oort cloud. Analysis of its orbit shows that the perihelion (furthest point from the Sun) could be as far as 7 144 AU. In 2031 it should come at the closest point to the Sun - to about 11 AU. Astronomers currently estimate size of C/2014 UN271 to be about 200 km across.